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Recommendation to authorize City Attorney to extend the Statute of Limitations until January 5, 2007, in order to engage in future negotiations with Airport Project Appellants. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
At the City Council meeting of July 11, 2006, the City Council voted to extend the statute of limitations resulting from the filing of the Notice of Determination for the Airport Terminal Improvement EIR for a period of approximately 90 days, terminating on October 24, 2006.
In addition, the City Council directed the City Attorney and the City Manager to discuss and negotiate the proposed size of the Airport terminal project and any appropriate mitigation measures with a representative group of Airport EIR appellants . The desired outcome of these discussions would be an agreement that would avoid litigation on this matter. Staff was requested to return to the City Council with a progress report no later than September 19, 2006 .
To date, staff has met with the appellants on seven occasions, including two that were attended by the City Attorney and the City Manager. These meetings have resulted in over 20 hours of discussions . Staff provided the appellants with requested information about how the proposed facilities were sized, existing square footages and uses, current and anticipated parking demands (aircraft and vehicular), airline operations, Airport staff operations, TSA operations and noise measurement operations . Based on this information, the appellants have provided staff with their preliminary recommendations on facility sizing. In addition to the facility size, the appellants have also discussed the possibility of additional environmental mitigations and project conditions of approval.
While progress has been made on many of the issues being discussed, several still remain outstanding . In order for staff to respond to the remaining issues on facility sizing, staff will need the input of the end users and the experience of a qualified archit...
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